This weekend the tallest man in America, in terms of courage and strength of character, established that he also is the most charismatic speaker in America. Dennis Kucinich hit the Southland like a whirlwind, waking up audiences all over Los Angeles County to the fact that he will indeed be the next Comander-in-Chief. He's not running to make a point. He's running because he is going to be the next President of the United States.
There is something about him such that when you see him, you just know he's going to win. Charismatic doesn't even describe it. He's always been a great speaker. Still, of all the times this writer has seen him, he has never been so electrifying. He shares the vision of the people and people know it. He says that the country has changed. It's more than the country that has changed. He's changed. He's still the great, honest, trustworthy man he always was. As this writer watched him tonight and saw the way he was saying everything, this writer knew he is going somewhere. He is going up. If anyone wants to be a part of the winning campaign, they better get on board. This writer spoke to other members of the audience and found that they were all on board.
Tad Daley, who introduced him, spoke of the changes that have been brought about when great candidates (like Bobby Kennedy and Eugene Debs) just run for President. Within 10 seconds of Dennis taking the floor, the audience was convinced that it would be Dennis who would be enacting Dennis's programs himself from the White House.
On Wednesday, Dennis mopped the floor of the first debate with the other candidates. They got lukewarm responses from their handfuls of supporters while Dennis stole the hearts and souls of the entire audience.
In Culver City, the last stop before leaving California on a Red Eye , Dennis spoke to a no-standing-room-left audience that felt every word he said. Most of the event revolved around Dennis answering questions from his heart. Dennis's strength is in his openness and honesty. Because he reflects what the people want, he can tell everything they want to know about his positions. Audiences everywhere love him for this. He spoke of abolishing nuclear weapons, abolishing capital punishment, and ending NAFTA and all the free trade agreements. He also told the audience how he would accomplish this.
Dennis's wife Elizabeth also spoke, giving the audience a glimpse of what people must have felt more than half a century ago in the presence of Eleanor Roosevelt. Elizabeth's sincere commitment to helping mankind is reminiscent of what one reads of Mrs. Roosevelt. Elizabeth is exactly the kind of great First Lady America needs.
After Dennis and Elizabeth rushed to their plane, members of the audience eagerly planned how they could organize to win this one for America. Dennis's presentation was powerful and the audience felt they could go out and make a difference.
Earlier in the day, Dennis had received an award from 16 different peace groups, mostly connected with the military and military families. Dennis is their hero as he is the only candidate who is doing more than talk to bring the troops home and end the war. The peace groups and military families sought him out so that they could express their gratitude.
At various other events around the Los Angeles area, a great many people felt lucky to have had their lives touched by Dennis Kucinich and to have seen the next President of the United States.
Part 2 By Alex H. (age 17)
If you think you've seen Dennis speak, think again. Dennis was on fire this weekend. Dennis's charisma, his speaking style and his ability to excite an audience reminds this author of Bill Clinton. Dennis deeply touched the audience with his remembrance of Qana after the attacks. Members of the audience were moved to tears, and even Dennis had to fight back tears as he remembered families who had lost their loved ones. His story of the spirit and desire of the Lebanese people to reach out in peace to Americans and to the people of Israel was a message of hope that a lasting peace was achievable. For that lasting peace, the governments must follow the will of their people.
While some Democrats have taken impeachment off the table, Dennis Kucinich is open to the possibility of impeachment of the current administration officials. However, his focus is on ending war and restoring peace to the world.
A win for Dennis is a victory for the people. So, what will it take? It will take a repeat of November 7, 2006, when the people turned their backs on the news media and on big money to vote for what the people wanted. The Democratic Party has let down the Democratic voters and abandoned the mandate for which those voters voted. Big money interests have taken over the Democratic Party. Now the Democratic Party is standing against the people. There is still hope for the Democratic Party. That hope is a Kucinich victory in the 2008 primaries. There is no doubt he can win the general election. The question is whether the Democratic Party will use dirty tricks to thwart the will of the people, or whether it will allow the people to nominate their favorite, Dennis Kucinich.
Can any other Democratic Presidential candidate win? Is any other Democratic candidate willing to following the wishes of the voters? Does any other candidate have a history of being trustworthy once in office? Has any other candidate put people ahead of big business in their current or most recent government positions? For Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Obama and Richardson, the answer to all these is "no." The people know it. After they went against their consciences to vote for Kerry in 2004, they won't vote for another figurehead candidate in 2008. Each of these candidates can save themselves a fortune by investing their money in something that may bring in a positive return and staying out of presidential politics.
An answer to Alex H -- who asks, with good reason, "Will the
Democratic Party save itself or commit suicide?"
Frankly, Alex, it would be much better if it committed suicide. Dennis is a nice man with principles and some very admirable ideas, but he would be more convincing if he faced up to the fact that the Dem Party is a bunch of hopeless spineless sellouts. He should leave the Party. It would be better for him, because they are never going to give him a fair shake or any respect. And he should give up on the idea that the Party can ever be anything but what it has been for at least the last 40 years -- a decaying institution that's past its time. It's now concerned only with patronage, the perks of office, and pandering to most of the same corrupt elements that Republicans pander to.
The latest Newsweek poll puts him at 1% -- even worse than he did in 2004. If by some incredible miracle he ever started looking like a serious contender, the big-shots in his own party would stick a knife in his back.
You're pretty young, but here's a simple way to see how hopeless the Democrats are: Bush is the "president," and he is a criminal many times over. He should not only be impeached, he should be behind bars. And the Iraq War is a crime against humanity. So, do the Dems try to expose the criminal? Do they try to impeach this miserable gangster? Do they try to stop the war?
Think about it. The answers to those questions ("No, No, and No," respectively) will tell you why it's better if the party commits suicide.
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Richard Mynick (2 articles, 3 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 1216 comments)
on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 1:04:33 AM
Democrats lack Nine-Eleven Op veracity. Et tu, Dennis?
Natasha and Alex -- WONDER full.
I shook Dennis's hand on two different occasions during 2004, and handed him fifty pages of internet exposition making the case that Cheney conducted Nine Eleven Op, as planned and directed by George Hitler Worker Bush & The Company; saying that there were NO nineteen fanatic hijackers; and directly implying that any one (Democrat, or others) who considers and votes in the thought that the fictional Official Legend is fact, is lost, and misleads themself and their constituents and America and world history.
I was imagining a Kucinich - Nader (or Nader - Kucinich) ticket in 2008, Democratic or any other, and thought it best. Reserving the right to revise and extend my remarks, and sure to if President Pelosi runs for (re-)election.
Also in recent days, I found a short and comprehensive understanding of the formative ethic of the Democratic Party as it became popularly characterized during the 20th Century and continuing today. In this, (albeit Wikipedia, where I find errors and incomplete information in article after article), about William Jennings Bryan, in the 1896 presidential election, opening eyes and imaginations, seeing in one particular sentence: Just 36, the youngest presidential nominee ever, Bryan formally received the nominations of the Populist Party and the Silver Republican Party in addition to the Democratic nomination.
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meremark (1 articles, 3 quicklinks, 26 diaries, 506 comments)
on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 3:33:24 AM
this country faces the greatest challenges it has faced since its beginning and non of the other candidates are anything more then a bandaid.globalism is destroying our economic base and destroying the middle class FDR worked so hard to build.The Iraqi war shows how immoral our country has become when we back a war only to steal its oil and kill hundreds of thousands of people in the process.the war is also affecting us in ways not thought of,it is destroying our economy and making us a borrower nation and i know of no borrower nation that is a world leader or will stay one for long.global warming threatens to destroy our planet in a hundred years or so and it is ignored for fear of offending the businesses causing it.FDR changed the way America lived creating a real middle class which never existed in the industrial age and giving the people control of the forces that sought to control their lives.We see monopolies forming again in news,energy and other fields to the detriment of the people.it was liberals who prevented this and it will take a liberal like Dennis Kucinich to stop it,the other candidates are all toclosely tied to business interest.Its time to wake up America or perish.were halfway there now
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liberalsrock (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 126 comments)
on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 7:47:00 AM
Here's a question for you. You say the other candidates are
too closely tied to business interests. Who in the Dem Party is going to support Kucinich? You seem to understand that he is different from 99% of the Dems. Do you really think the media & Dem Party pooh-bahs & big contributors are going to allow someone they view as a radical become a big force in the party?
The answer is No. They will keep him on the fringe, only giving him enough space to make these quixotic little campaigns -- but they will never allow him to be taken seriously. They just want to keep antiwar Democrats like you within the party; aside from that, they have no use for people like Kucinich. Well-financed smooth-talkers whose positions are far more in line with what big business wants -- like Obama, Hillary, & Edwards -- these are the only ones that will be taken seriously.
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Richard Mynick (2 articles, 3 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 1216 comments)
on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 9:37:30 AM
If Kucinich doesn't win in the primaries (which would be almost impossible considering the MSM smear machine hasn't even bothered to level their sights at him), can he still run as an independent? If so, would it ultimately aid in a republican victory? I ask this because I really like the message he's putting out, and quite frankly, I want to believe he can win. Any insight?
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Ben (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 46 comments)
on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 10:43:31 AM
Yes, I have insight about this. I worked for Dennis in '04,
and believe me, he can't win. He won't even get more than roughly the 5% of primary votes he got in '04. This is not due to any shortcoming on his part. In fact, it's quite the opposite: the system is designed to marginalize any candidate who doesn't 1) support the big-business line, and 2) have a sort of Hollywood glitz.
It's already been decided that Obama, Hillary & Edwards are the only "viable" candidates. "Viable" is a code word meaning, "Superficially sounds a bit populist (enough to fool the rubes), but really supports corporate interests 100%." Even if Dennis had all the personal charisma of a Kennedy (and he doesn't really have that), he couldn't get anywhere near winning. And if by some miracle he got close, the media (as you yourself noted) would destroy him overnight.
As you said, the media doesn't even think he's enough of a threat that they have to "cut him down to size." They're not fools; they know how the game works.
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Richard Mynick (2 articles, 3 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 1216 comments)
on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 11:54:36 AM
Thanks for the response - unfortunately it's pretty much as I suspected. The message won't matter if nobody hears it. He's going to have to start thinking outside the box strategically if he even wants to be heard (widely heard) before the primaries. He probably can't win, but maybe he can help design the playing field.
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Ben (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 46 comments)
on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 12:26:16 PM
RichM, sorry for your pragmatic cynicism. Been there, done that, no fun. The System is walled against Kucinich breaking through, so, change The System. As we are The System, it means change ourselves.
BenYouther, perhaps nobody can hear any other messages, either. Level the playing field to parity with Kucinich. BAN broadcast political campaign ads, EXACTLY the same as we BAN broadcast tobacco ads.
And for the same precedent reasons: The product is a public health disfigurement in the community, and, the product is addictive in persons, (tobacco smoke-blowing or celebrity smoke-and-mirrors politics).
The syndicated television and radio broadcast cartel, of course, is going to embargo all mention promoting such a BAN on broadcast political ads. SO, personally -- you and all who surround you, DO: BOYCOTT broadcast media, which disempowers them to sabotage the promotion of a BAN on broadcast political ads.
Restrict the political product -- same as we restrict tobacco products: to print advertising. Or any non-broadcast media.
I want to vote for a candidate who can write a paper conveying found logic and position in political matters. And judge her/him by the words s/he uses.
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meremark (1 articles, 3 quicklinks, 26 diaries, 506 comments)
on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 4:31:57 PM
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